best wishes to you and your wife from the crossfire community in the UK, very sorry to hear of her health problems, life can be so cruel sometimes...can i just add thats a great stable of autos you`ve got there sir..

 

Terry, we met at the 2nd. Fall Dragon, We are parked right next to each other in the group photo at the Dam on Saturday.
Just so you know, you and your wife will be in our prayers.

 

Terry sorry to hear about barbs set back and I will keep the two of you in my prayers. I thought about you guys at the fall dragon this year thinking you might just show up like you did the last time I saw you. I hope the best for two of you. Pat

 

Terry,
I too was thinking about you and Barb while at the last Dragon.
I'm saddened to hear the news about Barb but my prayers are with you both.
It has obviously been a long difficult time for both of you but I hope things get better and you have my number if ya want to call.
May you have good days together as the holidays approach.

Gary

now....
As you asked...here are some pics from Fall 2010.
We had 82 cars attend and 75 here at the photo shoot.
Fall 2010 - Tail of the Dragon Meet

 

I wish you both the very best! But, as I've heard and witnessed... you two are strong.
Happy Holidays!

 

Hey Mr Gary...a quick question. Barb has mentioned it and I have sanctioned the idea but I need to run this by you and get your input. We would like to spread Barbs ashes along the Dragon when the time comes. How do you think the membership would feel about this? Essentially making one of the annual runs a memorial where I am concerned. The other thing is how do I renew my CiCCCi membership? You forget am old and don't get to spend as much time communing with the household electronics, LOL!

 

Terry
I never had the chance to meet you but your stable says enough, you and your wife enjoyed cars. You and Barb will be in my thoughts.

 

I / we would do a memorial run when the time comes.
If these are your/her wishes we will comply.
Sort of a tough subject to even talk about for me really but.......

As for your CICCI membership it appears you are still an "active" member.
I will notify Ray Hacker to see when your renewal is due and an invoice will be sent to your email.

 

She Loves the Mountains, she loves the Crossfire more than any other car and she loves the Dragon GTG's but, in this way she knows I will visit her at least twice a year, LOL!

 

And neither one of us really wants any real estate waisted on us...there's only so much world ya know! and who knows maybe my ashes will end up there too!

 

Never fear, we will meet up at some point...I have been gathering and storing away some more video equipment for the future runs....unfortunately our day to day life revolves around hospitals and doctors at the moment and for the near future. Thank You and everyone for your continued thoughts and support! My goals right now are just to keep her spirits up and make her as comfortable as possible.

 

I completely understand. My love affair with the Crossfire will keep me around for sometime. I may migrate from the Coupe forum to the SRT-6 forum, but I plan to stick around. I hope you are able to have an enjoyable Thanksgiving and remember your Crossfire family will have you in our thoughts as well.

 

11-17-10

Quote:

Originally Posted by AllX'dUp

Barb and I are still kicking around...it's been a rough couple of years and we are apologetic that we have not made any "Dragon" runs this year. For those who remember us Barb was diagnosed with terminal cancer in '08. She has had a long and hard fight which turned much worse this past summer with the discovery that the veins which drain blood from the brain are clotted. Blood backed up and caused a minor stroke and she had a major seizure.
The doctors are giving her 3 to six months to live.
She is continuing chemo at a greatly reduced rate because that is causing even more complications.
She has pretty much been in hospital every other week since the stroke in Sept.

Terry hasn't been online here since November last year for obvious reasons.
Just received this email from Terry (AllX'dUp)......

Well here goes,
Barb was taking too much of her drugs at home so they admitted her to the Hospice Care Center. She is now being treated for pain with 20Mgs of Methadone every 3 hours and Roxinol (a liquid form of morphine) once every hour in between the Methadone. They will be adjusting those doses over the next week until they hit the right combination to give her maximum relief. They have also taken her off of her sustaining treatments of Lovenox which is a blood thinner that was allowing blood to pass around the blood clot in her brain and she was also getting a liter of IV fluid every other day to keep her electrolytes in balance, she has been removed from that therapy too. This ultimately will send her toward her end faster so again she is very emotional this week. Hate to be the bearer of this kind of news but she is talking and thinking more about the end.

Terry


Barb

 

An exchange from November last year....

 

Well, I lost a great friend on my birthday just last November. It figures he would pass on my birthday, you'd have to know him to understand....lol...we did some things he wanted as well....and I think this is a great tribute we could all be a part of come October....I am certainly in with what ever needs to be done...

 

Terry my thoughts will be with you and your wife. I will be more than honored and am sure will others to take part in any form of a memorial run. I wish you the best strength and courage as you reach a very difficult milestone.

 

Terry, Never met you or Barb but my heart goes out to you.

Pooly

 

Dear Terry and Barb, although we've never met either, I've mentioned that all of us are like family, and as such, feel that the loss for one is a loss for all. when my Mom passed this February, the day I saw her last we talked about all this, the new adventure she was undertaking, much like the Dr. Seuss book for graduates, "The Places You'll Go!". My mom loved adventures, and the places we went were some of the greatest memories I have growing up. Anyway, we had discussed this following passage many times in the past, and she liked the entire concept, it is one that reshaped my views on all of our experiences. I sibncerely hope I'm not presumptuous in passing this along to you, that you know it's my heartfelt feeling for everything you're going thru at this time. be well, brother, my best to Barb, and best regards for her onto her next adventure.

Apparently asked by a parishioner to a Bishop, date and exact credit I am unable to give.

What is dying like, Father?
After considerable thought, he responds:

“I am standing on quay by the sea shore.
A ship at dock raises her sails to the morning breeze
There are passengers crowding on her deck, anxious, yet excited about the coming voyage,
They are waving gaily. Those remaining on shore
are waving as such, with pennants waving and balloons flying.

It is time. The sails fill, the ship begins to moves, and she gradually slips
from her berth, her bow proudly pointed towards another destination.

She is an object of beauty,
and I stand watching her,
till at last she fades
on the horizon, until her mainsail pennant drops completely out of sight,
and someone at my side says quietly,
‘She is gone.’


I turn to look at them and say, "Gone? Gone, where?"

For in reality, she is only gone from my sight. That is all.

She is just as large in the masts, hull and spars
as she was when I last saw her,
and just as able to bear her load of living
freight to its destination.
The diminished size and total loss of sight is solely in me,
not in her.

And just at that moment, when someone at my side says, with great sadness,
'she is gone’, there are crowds of others, on the opposite shore who are waiting patiently.

Suddenly one sees her masts appear over the horizon, and with wide eyes of surprise
and pleasure, watch her reveal herself completely, as she comes ever closer.


The throngs on this foreign dock see her now, the excitement builds, and they take up a glad shout--


‘There she comes!’ She’s almost here!” I can't wait to see her! With pennants waving, balloons flying, they joyfully welcome the coming ship
and her precious cargo.

The ship docks, her cargo released to the waiting crowds, and they all embrace each other in love and welcome for arriving safely after such a long voyage. They turn from the quay and move off to wherever they will find rest and reacquaintance.

 

Wow Terry, just catching up with the thread. My heart bleeds for the both of you. Barbara was looking so well at the last dragon you guys attended. Though not said often enough, you both have been in my thoughts and prayers, and I have missed you being with us 'up in the hills.'

Whatever you need, let us know.

 

Best wishes....